Re: CD-ROM drive to install Linux

["John J. Donohue" <jdonohue mcallen lib tx us>]

On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, James Austin wrote:

>  I've got an old PC that I'd like to install Linux on.  The problem is I
>  can't seem to get a CD-ROM drive to work for installation. I've tried a
>  cheap HI-VAL drive made by Western Digital and a Sony CDU77E-Q and
>  neither is recognized during the installation of Linux.
>  Does anyone know what CD-ROM drive will work, and where I can get it.

I did my last two installs from a Hi-Val, also used a Sony once.
How is your CD drive hooked up (IDE-1 master, IDE-1 slave, IDE-2 master,
IDE-2 slave, or is it interfaced thru a sound card)? also, where in the
install is it not being recognized (from the beginning, or after the
restart)?
I generally hook up drives as IDE-2 master (assuming only one hard drive),
boot from a DOS floppy with the driver files for the CDROM installed, then
run the redhat install disks.